Union undergarment.



J. C. SCOTT. UNION UNDERG'ARMEYNT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.17, 1912.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

@SHEETS-SHEET 1.

J. C. SCOTT.

umom UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED D'EC. I7, 1912. I 1,1?8j55, Patented Apr. 11,1916.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Inventor mzzw' A r Attorneys J. C. SCOTT.

UNION UNDERGARMENT. APPLICATION FILED DEC- 17. 1912.

1,178,755. Patented Apr. 11,1916.

Wicnesses Inventor v o Attorneys JAM'Es oscorr, or ronrsivroucm,OI-YIIO, ASSIGNOR'TOUN'ITEE KNITWEAR coMrAnr,

OF ORISKAN'Y FALLS, NEW YORK, a 'CO'RPORATIONP UNION UNDERGARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patell ted Apr. 11 1916.

Application filed December 17, 1912. Serial 10.737306.

To all whom it may concern p Be it known that 1, JAMES C. Soon, acitizen of the United States, residing at Portsmouth, in the county ofScioto and 5 State of Ohio, have invented a new and use:

ful Union Undergarment, of which the following. isa specification.

The present 1I1V6I1t1OI1 aims to provide an undergarment of the typehereinafter described, havmg a seat flap and a gusset of novel form, thegusset and the seat flap being disposed in a novel relation with respectto each other and .with respect to the body portion of the garment. I

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of partsand in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of inven tion can be made within the scope of what is claimedwithout departing from the spirit of the invention. a

In thedrawing:-Figure 1 shows the invention in front elevation; Fig. 2is a rear elevation; Fig. 3 is a rear elevation, the seat flap beinglowered; Fig. iis a plan of the seat flap; Fig. 5 is a plan of thegusset. Fig. 6 is a rear elevation showinga modified form of themvention; and Fig.7 isarear elevation showinga still furthermodification. v V

In carrying out the invention there is provided a seat flap, shown inoutline in Fig. 4, the seat flap being denoted by the numeral 1. Theseat flap 1 is provided with p curved lateral edges 2 and 3. The upperedge 5 of the seat flap 1 is upwardly in-, clined, from the upper end ofthe edge 2 to the upper-end of the edge 3,. asshown in Fig. 4. The seatflap 1 is provided with upwardly converging lower edges 6.

The upwardly converging lower edges 6' of theseat flap 1 are engaged inthe leg seams? adjacent the crotch, as shown at 8. I

The curved lateral edge 2 of the flap '1 is connected with one sideportion 9 of the garment, along a seam 10.. TheedgeB of the seat flap isengaged. with the 'other'side portion 11 of the garment between points3? and?) along the seam 12. -The edge 5 and the upper portion of. theedge 3 of the seat fiap'l are free, so that the upper, righthand portionof the seat fiapmay beturned down,

as shownin Fig. 3, along a lineconnecting e the upper endof the edge 2with the lower end of the free-portion of the edge 3 at 3*, formingaposterior opening. Thefree corner" of'the seat flapl may be providedwith a buttoneholej 14, adapted to'engage either one off-a pair ofbuttons 15, mounted upon the trunk portion. of the garment. Ob viously,any other suitable means may be provided for upholding the, seat'flap 1,and for permitting the slack in the seat flap to betakenup.

The invention further includes a pointed gusset 16-, shown inv outlinein Fig. 5. The gusset 16 comprises curved ,edges 17 which convex awayfrom the median line of the garment, the median line passing through theapex 1 8 of the gusset.v The lower edges of the gusset16 convergeupwardly toward the median-line of the gusset, as shown at gaged in theupper portions of the-seams, 10 and 12, so that the edge ,2,, and theedge 3 between the points'3 and 3 of the seat flap 1 and thelowerportions oftheedges 17 of the. gusset 16 have a: common connectionwith the side portions 9 and11of the garment, as clearlyindicated inFig. 2.

The garment, at the front, may be pro-f ing in the rear of the garment,one edge of-the seatflap, indicated by the numeral 52, I

being secured; to the garment. The other edge of the seat flap is freeabove the point indicated approximately by the reference nuindicated bythe numeral 54 is horizontally disposed in the present instance,andbuttons 55 are provided for engaging the upper,

right hand corner of the seat flap.

In the Seat p is ndicated by a;

19. The edges 17 ofthe gusset 16-are enmerali53. The upper edge of theseat flap,- 1 .0 r

59 of the seat flap slants downwardly and to the right and buttons 60are provided for upholding the free corner of the seat flap.

The inclined upper edge of the seat flap, indicated at 5 is ofimportance. Owing to this construction,the upper ends of the lateraledges of the seat flap are not in horizontal alinement, andconsequently, the garment is free to stretch transversely, between theupper ends of the lateral edges of the seat flap.

Special attention is directed to the converging edges 17 of the gusset.The body portion of the garment is slit longitudinally in the back, andwhen the edges 17 of the gusset are connected with theedges of the slit,the gusset and the seat flap will not bind across the lower portion ofthe body of the wearer when the wearer assumes a sitting posture, thisbinding being peculiarly noticeable where a gusset of an ordinaryconstruction, having its edges straight, is mounted in the slit at therear of the garment. In the construction shown in this application, aperfect adjustment of the seat flap and of the gusset to the body of thewearer is provided. Further, owing to the fact that the seat flap andthe gusset are connected with the body portion of the garment alongcurved lines, the seams fit properly around the lower portion of thebody of the wearer and there is no binding of the garment, at the seams,upon the body.

Those forms of the invention which appear in Figs. 6 and 7 make manifestthe fact that the garment may be constructed successfully without theuse of the gusset. In fashioning the garment as shown in Figs. 6 and 7,the entire garment is cut fuller and is concaved under the seat flap.The garments shown in Figs. 6 and 7 are of slightly simpler form thanthe garment shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but the garments of Figs. 6 and 7require a slightly greater amount of material, owing to the wasteinvolved in making the garment fuller.

In all forms of the invention, the upper edge of the seat flapterminates below the waist line, at any suitable point between the waistline and the crotch, it being obvious that if this construction weredeparted from, the seat flap could not be operated successfully.

It will be entirely obvious that the seat flaps shown in Figs. 6 and 7may be employed in connection with a gusset, as shown in Fig. 2, and,with equal propriety, the seat flap shown in Fig. 2 may be employedwithout the gusset.

As stated hereinbefore, the garment is slit in its rear to define anopening located adjacent the median line of the garment, the openingbeing expanded to give the garment fullness at the hips. The pointedgusset 16 is materially larger than the slit or opening in Fig. 2 and at59 in Fig. 7

gusset being secured to the and the convexed edges of the gusset aresecured to the garment along the edges of the opening. Attention isdirected, further, to the specific form of the seat flap 1 and to themanner in which a portion of one lateral edge of the gusset and aportion of one lateral edge of the seat flap are secured, by a commonseam, to the rear portion of the garment as indicated in the broken awaypart of Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A bifurcatedunion garment provided in its rear with a symmetrical opening havingoppositely concaved edges which approach each other at the upper andlower ends of the opening; a one-piece gusset com prising oppositelyconvexed edges secured to the garment along the concaved edges of theopening and merging to-form a point at the top of the gusset, the loweredge of the gusset being spaced above the lower edge of the opening; anda seat flap comprising diverging lower edges and oppositely convexedlateral edges, the diverging edges being secured in the leg seams of thegarment and one of the convexed lateral edges being secured throughoutits entire length to the garment along one of the concaved edges of theopening, the other of the convexed lateral edges of the seat flap beingsecured throughout a portion of its length to the garment along theother of the concaved edges of the opening, the upper edge of the seatflap and the remaining portion of the last specified lateral edge beingfree, the gusset extending upwardly above the upper edge of the seatflap.

2. A bifurcated union garment provided in its rear with a lens-shapedopening; a gusset; and a seat flap overlapped upon the gusset, thegusset and the seat flap being provided, each, with oppositely convexededges; both of the convexed edges of the garment along the edges of theopening, one of the convexed edges of the seat flap being securedthroughout its length to the garment along one of the concaved edges ofthe opening, and the other of the convexed edges of the seat flap beingsecured throughout a portion of its length only to the garment along theother of the concaved edges of the opening.

3. A bifurcated union garment provided in its rear with a lens-shapedopening, and a seat flap closing the said opening; the seat flap beingprovided with oppositely convexed edges, one of the convexed edges ofthe seat flap being secured throughout its length to the garment alongone of the concaved edges of the opening, and the other of the convexededges of the seat flap being secured throughout a portion of its lengthonly to'the garment along the other of the concaved edges of theopening.

i. A bifurcated union garment provided in its rear with a lens shapedopening; a gusset; and a seat flap overlapped upon the gusset, thegusset and the seat flap being provided, each, with oppositely convexededges; both of the convexed edges of the gusset being secured to thegarment along the edges of the opening, one of the convexed edges of theseat flap being secured throughout its length, to the garment along oneof the concaved edges of the opening, and the other of the convexededges of the seat flap being secured through a portion of its lengthonly, to the garment along the other ofthe concaved edges of theopening, the gusset upstanding above the upper edge of the seat flap.

5. A bifurcated union garment provided in its rear with an openinglocated adjacent the median'line of the garment, the opening beingexpanded to give the garment fullness at the hips; a pointed gussetmaterially larger than said openlng and having convexed lateral edgeswhich are secured to the garment along the edges of the opening;

and a seat flap having its lower edge secured in the crotch seam of thegarment, the seat flap comprising convexed lateral edges, one

of which is secured throughout a portion of its length only to thegarment along one edge of the opening thereby to define a movable uppercorner in the seat flap, the other of the convexed lateral edges of theseat flap being secured throughout its length to the garment along theother edge of the opening and throughout the upper portion of its copiesof this patent may be obtained for the gusset to five cents each, byaddressing the Washington, D. G.

length having a common. connection with the gusset upstanding above thepoint of and a means the upper edge of the seat flap;

for securing the movable corner of the seat flap to the garment.

6. A bifurcated union garment provided in its rear with a slit locatedin the median line of the garment, the slit being expanded to givefullness at thehips and to define a posterior opening; a pointed gussetmaterially larger than the slit and having convexed lateral edges whichare secured to the garment along the edges of the slit; and a seat flapcooperating with the gusset.

the said edge of the opening, a

7. A bifurcated union garment provided in its rear with a slit locatedin the median line of the garment, the slit being expanded to give thegarment fullness to define a posterior opening; a pointed gussetmaterially larger than the slit and having convexed lateral edges whichare secured to the garment along the edges of the slit;

and a seat flap cooperating with the gusset,

the gusset upstanding above the upperjedge of theseat flap, thereby topermit a transat the hips and verse yielding of the gusset above theupper edge of the seat flap and independentlyof the seat flap. o

In testimony that lclaim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

- v JAMES C. SCOTT.

Witnesses;

MARGARET R. MGQUAIDE, WM. E. CRIoHToN.

Commissioner of Patents,

